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The Louhela buildings are only about 100 meters from the Kurkela River. The river is full of fish and usually fish for smoking can be gotten quite easily. The most common fishes caught using a lure are pike and perch. Angling and ice fishing are everyman's rights and no fishing permit needs to be purchased for them if done according to the fishing law.
Angling referred to in the fishing law is carried out so that the fishing rod or line is in the hand of the fisherman or within the reach of his hand, and the fishing rod does not have a reel suitable for bait casting, and the lure is not a jig, lure, fly or other artificial device. In practice this means angling with an ordinary fishing rod with no reel, in which the bait is a worm or a fish, for example.
All lure fishing by persons between the ages of 18 and 65 requires the purchase of a valid fishing permit from the state. In addition to this, the fishermen need to obtain a lure fishing permit either by paying the province lure fishing fee or by having a fishing permission from the holder of the fishing rights.
The province lure fishing permit gives the right to use a single fishing rod, reel and lure at a time, so it is a valid bait casting permit. One can also troll with this permit, but each fisherman can only use one fishing rod at any given time. Persons under the age of 18 or over the age of 65 do not need to pay the province lure fishing fee.
If you have any questions about your fishing rights in Louhela, please ask your hosts.